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In a galaxy somewhere near Hollywood, things are happening right now -- things involving "Star Wars: Episode VII" and Lawrence Kasdan. According to an announcement on the starwars.com website on Thursday, writing duties for the upcoming installment will be taken over by director J.J. Abrams and Kasdan, the latter previously just a consultant on the project. Kasdan had earlier co-written the "Star Wars" entries "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" but had mostly worked on indie pictures in recent years. (He had been writing one of the stand-alone spin-off movies that's part of the larger scheme to revive the "Star Wars"...

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In a galaxy somewhere near Hollywood, things are happening right now -- things involving "Star Wars: Episode VII" and Lawrence Kasdan.
According to an announcement on the starwars.com website on Thursday, writing duties for the upcoming...